The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
8:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.95° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.